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JOHN N. wOOLwIN, OF MEOHANICSBURG. OHIO.

Letters Patent N 92,922, dated July 20,1869; antcdrtted .May 20, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN TINNERS GUTTER-TROU'G-H.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all 'whom 'it may concern;

Be it known that I, JOHN N. WOOLWIN, of Mechanicsburg, in the county of Champaign, and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tinners Gutterlroughs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, similar letters indicating like parts.

The nature of my invention consists in a wooden trough, semicircular in shape, and mounted upon sup ports cutout to fit it, and in which it can be partially, revolved, for the purpose of soldering the gutter-plates, laid init, more perfectly and conveniently together.

The sections of gutter (which may be of tin, copper,

or other` slieetmetal) are laid into the trough overlapping each other at their ends the required distance, and are clamped in place by a, hinged frame, operated with lever andsprings. rlhis frame is easily and rmly secured, andwhen released, after solderingr the joints,

can be thrown back out of the way, and other sec` tions attached.A A

The ease, and rapidity with lwhich my machinel may be operated will enable one man to do nearly as much as two men by the ordinary methods, and with much less labor in handling long sections oi' gutter. 'lo enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

Figure 1 represents an end view of my gutter-trough, showing the semicircular trough A in the upright supports B, on the bed-piece l).

The section of trough is seen at G.

lThe frame-F is thrown up, and shows the forms C C, ofthe clamp F, iitting the gutter G.

.'lhe springs S S have hooks upon their ends, into which the loops l l (represented infdotted lines) catch when the clamp is let down into the gutter,'and the lever E is thrown down.

For convenience', the lever E is made of semicircular form, as shown in Figure It is attached to .the rod r, which runs along the front of' the gutter-trough, and is secured to the same by the boxes b b, in which it turns.

lt will be. seen, in this figure, that metal loops l l' `are also attached to the rod fr, opposite to each of the seniicircular blocks. or forms C C, and that the strapsprings S S, passing over the top, catch into these loops.

In Figure 4 the hinged frame F is closed down upon the gutter G, andthe lever E being thrown down to.

clamp it, the loop's'l l (which act upon springs S `S as levers or cranks) are also thrown down in thesame position, having performed a semicircula-r movement from the position shown in iig. 3.

'lhe ends of the trough c e arerounded. and the shoulders are cut back far enough from the supports B B to slide the trough endwise, to secure 'it in position by pushing the dowel-pin t, on the right end of trough A (in both figures) into a hole in the upright 13,01', to

release it, by pushing the trough to the'left, so that ceive lthe guttering, which is placed in with the plates,

overlapping the required distance, and for as long a section as desired. l

The semicircnlar lever E and loops l l are shown in, an upward position. The clamp-frame Fis then closed down;

l On throwing the lever E forwardanddownward,

half revolving the rod fr, the loops, levers, or cranks llreceive the curved ends of` the springs S S, and

.bring them down to thep'osition shown in Figures 2 and 4, securing the clamp firmly upon the gutter-plate G.

The gutter-trough being pushed endwise to the left, asshown in fig.,4, will free the pin t from the support B upon the right, the trough -can then be rotated on its semi-cylindrical ends e 'e suiiiciently to solder the several plates in theuclamp together on the inside,

after which tbe'lever E is-thrown up, releasing the clamp-frame F, and this section of the gutter is slid along in the trough and a second attached, and so on, to therequired length.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-f 1. The arrangement of rod fr, lever E, and loops, cranks, or'levers l l, for operating the clamp, as shown and'desoribed.

`2. The arrangement of the dowelpin.t, entering support B, in combination with the semi-cylindrical sliding ends e c of trough A, for holding the saine iu position while clamping the gutter-plates, as shown and described.' I

3. The segments or forms G O, and springs S S, in the clamp-f1ame F, with rod fr, semioircular lever E, boxes b l, and loops or levers Z I, when the same are used innombination, as shown and described, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimonyof which invention, I have hereunto set my hand. J OHN N. WOOLWIN.-

Witnesses THOMAs MORGAN, E. D. MORGAN. 

